Pencil.



"E. L. SGHMITZ.

PENCIL.

.APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 4, 1908.

Patentd Nov -10 r ,n! ATTORNEY which rnarrnn PATENT OFFEQFEQ EGON L. SOHMITZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EBERHARD FABFR PENCIL COMPANY, I 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specification or Letters Patent. Application filed February 4, 19Q8. Serial No. 414,15-

Patented Nov. raises.

To all whom may concern." I

Be it known that I, Econ L. SoHMrrz, a citizenof the United States, residin in the city, county, and State of New Yor have "invented a certain new 311d useful Improvement in. Pencils-of which the following is a specification. Y 1 This invention relates to pencils and has reference, more particularly, to pencils of the ty e having a stick of lead movable within a ho der and clamping devices for gripping the lead stick and holding it with one end projecting beyond the end of the'holder the desired amount.-

The object of my inventionis to eifect cer-' may be manufactured at small cost.

The preferred embodiment of my inven; tion is i ustra'ted in the accompanying draw- Egure 1 is a perspective view of the encil, i 2'is a pers ective-view of thet ree parts t erect, and igs. 3 and 4 are longitudinal and transverse sections, respectively,

the section of the latter being on line 44 of eferring to these drawings, the pencil consistsof a tubular casing 1, within which is a lead-holdin member 2 having a bore to re-. ceive the lea stick and clamping devices for gripping the stick to hold it in the roper position, and the stick of lead 3, tie end of which projects beyond the end. of the memher 2 and easing 1. The casing 1 is a tube of thin metal; it is of uniform cross-section throughout the major portion of its length and at one end is contracted to form the tapered portion 4. At the other end, casing 1 is provided with means for securing it and the lead-holder which fits within it together,

as, for instance, the screw-thread shown at 5. x

The body-portion of the casing 1 is preferably finished to form a good grip ing surface I "thereon, as by providing a mu tiplicity of shallow corrugations therein; the tapered portion 4 need not, however, be so corrugated. s

The holder 2 is preferably made of wood and is of a size to sllde readily within the cas- 55 ing 1. itsouter end it is formed to coactwith the securing means on the casing; this is preferably done by providing on the end of the wooden holder a metallic cap fi which. may be embellished'as desired and in which threads 7 are formed to coact with the threads 5. The holder 2 is rovidedjwith an axial bore 8 to receive the stick of lead 3,\this bore extending through a large art or all of the holder. to that on which the cap 6 is secured J's-tapered as shown at. 9 to correspond with the taper of the ortion 4 of the casing 1, and

thls end of t (f holder isslotted longitudi- I nally as shown at 10, so that the parts on either side of the slot form clamp-j aws. The parts thusconstructed are assembled by lacing the lead 3 in the bore in holder 2 an then mserting the holder into the casing 3 until the relative movement of these parts is arrested by the engagement of the threads '7 5 and 7. Then, b oldingthe parts in an inclined position, t e lead is allowed to move in the bore of holder 2 until the end of the lead rojects beyond the end of the casing 1 11S the c es'ired amount. With the lead in t position, the holder and casili are turned relatively and the coaction of t reads 5 and 7 causes the holder to move axially within the casing until'the walls of the tapered por tionQ on the holder engage the interior walls of the ta ered portion 4 on the casing and the two 0 amp-'aws on the holder-are moved. toward each ot er until they grip the stick of head between them. When the end of the lead becomes worn or broken off, the casing and holder may beturned relatively in the reverse direction to loosenthe grip of' the clamp-jaws on the lead, whereupon the latter may be moved to anew position in which it may be again clamped.

The pencil constructed as above described moving the lead to diiierent positions and looking it in those positions may be quickly and readily accomplished. 'The pencil may;

be given a very attractive; appearance as a 110 The end of the ho der opposite the exteriorparts are of metal and may be decorated as desired; in the preferred cn1- bodiment, the tapered portion 4 is given a polished surface in imitation of the cutaway portion of an ordinary Wooden lead-pencil. The simyflieity of the construction of the pencil and the small number of parts from which it is made are apparent and the manufacturing cost is, therefore, quite small.

Having now described my invention, What I claim as new thereinand desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows 2-- A pencil comprising a tubular metallic casing having a ta )ered ortion at one end and a screw-thread orme therein at the other, a Wooden lead-holder corresponding in size to the interior of said casing and slotted at one end to form clamp-jaws of substantial length at the sides of said slot, said lead-holder lying Within said casing with the clamp-jaws at one end engaging the interior surface of said tapered portion and the other end extending beyond said threaded end of the casing, a metallic cap on said last-named end of the holder having a screw-thread formed therein coacting With said thread on the casing, and a stick of lead, said holder having an axial bore therein; corresponding in size to said stick of lead and in which the latter is re ceived, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 1st day of February, 1908.

EGON LLSCHMITZ.

Witnesses:

Emma 11. OLMSTEAD, CHARLES Anni 

